Glass holder



y 1950 H. J. VOSBURGH 2,506,321

GLASS HOLDER Filed NOV. 5, 1948 IN VEN TOR. HAROLD J. VOSBUEGH H TTOE/VE Y Patented May 2, 1950 UNITED STATESPATENT OFF GLASS HOLDER Harold J. Vosburgh, White Plains, N. Y.

Application November 5, 1948, Serial No. 58,429

1 Claim.

This invention is a glass holder for tall drinks and is particularly applicable for use at lawn parties, picnics, and other outdoor functions. At such times, tables to support the drinks are not usually handy and the glasses must be set upon the ground or on stones and other supports which are not generally flat and level. Consequently the drinks are often upset.

The object of the present invention is to p ovide a simple, convenient and economical holder adapted to effectually support drinks in upright position under such conditions of use.

The holder of this invention is made from a single piece of wire, bent to provide a spike or shank, sharpened at its lower end so that it may be thrust into the ground. The upper en of the stem is bent to form a horizontal fiat spiral on which the bottom surface of the glass may rest. At the end of this fiat spiral, the wire is laterally deflected in a horizontal plane and then bent upwardly for a distance less than the height of the glass and carries at its upper end a horizontally disposed open ring adapted to embrace the glass intermediate its height, so as to hold it against tipping while it rests upon the spiral portion of the holder. The open ring may be bent to accommodate glasses of difierent sizes although a relatively loose fit between the ring and the glass will satisfactorily support the glass against tipping.

Features of the invention, other than those adverted to, will be apparent from the hereinafter detailed description and claim, when read in conjunction with the accompanying drawing.

The accompanying drawing illustrates one practical embodiment of the invention, but the construction therein shown is to be understood as illustrative, only, and not as defining the limits of the invention.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the holder of this invention.

Figure 2 shows the holder in use, with its stem thrust into the ground, and supportin a, drink containing glass.

The holder of this invention may be made by automatic machinery from a coil of wire, lengths of which are cut on as successive holders are formed. One end portion of each piece of wire is formed into a straight shank l which may be of any desired length and the free end of which is preferably sharpened or cut to a point, indicated at 2, so that it can be readily thrust into the ground in upright position.

At the top of the shank 2 is formed a flat spiral 3 adapted to occupy a horizontal plane. The outer terminus of the spiral is extended laterally, as shown at 4, and the wire is then bent upwardly at 5 to form an upright spacer. This spacer may be vertical or may be inclined laterally in an upward direction. In any event, it merges at its upper end into a flat open ring 6 which is substantially circular. The ring should extend through more than 180 so as to embrace the greater portion of the circumference of the lass and in the drawing it is shown nearly closed, with its free end 1 adjacent the upright spacer 5.

In the manufacture of these devices, the rin is made of a size to loosely embrace tall drink glasses of the size most commonly used. However, wire is used which may be bent to accommodate glasses of widely differing diameters. The wire should, however, be sufiiciently stiff, so that some little force is required to bend it, for the structure, as a whole, should be sufiiciently rigid to support a relatively heavy glass in upright condition when the shank l is thrust into the ground. If the shank is relatively short, it is desirable in soft ground to impale it sufliciently to permit the flat spiral 3 to rest upon the upper surface of the ground, although if the ground is hard, the fiat spiral may be spaced above such surface.

It is also within the purview of this invention to make the stem l suificiently long so as to support a tall drink at a distance above the ground which will be convenient to persons seated in chairs. The invention is not limited to the length of the stem or to the gauge of the wire employed as these things will vary depending upon the use to which the particular model is adapted.

An important feature of this invention resides in its simplicity and economy of manufacture and yet it has pronounced efiiciency in the carrying out of its intended purposes. Also a. large number of these devices may be conveniently packed for shipment or for storage, as the case may be, for they may be nested compactly with respect to one another.

The foregoing detailed description sets forth the invention its preferred practical form, but the invention is to be understood as fully commensurate with the appended claim.

Having thus fully described the invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

A drinking glass holder for tall drinks comprising: a single length of wire bent to form at one end a straight stem portion to be vertically thrust into the ground and merging at its upper end into a flat horizontal support on and wholly 2,500,321 1 i 3 4 above which the bottom surface of a conventional REFERENCES CITED drinking glass is adapted to loosely and freely T H f f n rest, said fiat support extending laterally of the are 0 record 1 the bottom surface of the glass and merging into an upright spacer carrying on its upper end a fiat 5 UNITED STATES PATENTS horizontal ring to encircle the body of such a Number Name Date conventional drinking glass to keep said glass 1,173,210 Ochs Feb. 29, 1916 from falling from said support. 1,178,558 Turner Apr. 11, 1916 1,812,737 Coughlin et a1 June 30, 1931 HAROLD J. VOSBURGH. 10 2,399,493 Messick Apr. 30, 1946 

